Megan has to take this lil white pill for 28 days, daily. Its the preventive measure dished out by the doc at the TB control unit. It must have tasted horrid cos even with the tiny pill crushed and concealed with her cream cheese cubes, she could taste it and spat it out. Whats worse was that her cough does not seem to be getting any better although we did see some good days last week.
I took her back to Eu Yang Sen clinic to see the physician for her cough since the last 2 courses of antibiotics did not seem to work at all. These TCM thing does not come cheap. Infact, I was rather surprised at its cost - it had cost almost the same as a visit to the paeds! But my child seems to prefer the bitter taste of TCM compared to the cocktail of colourful syrups prescribed by the GP or paediatrician. Hence I thought going to the chinese physician and eating those god-knows-whats-in-there powder will be easier on her.
Problem is, tod started throwing up after the 1st dose of the tcm prescription (or 3rd white pill- depending on how you see it).
Merlion episode 1:
tod threw up milk after she woke up from her afternoon nap. I was not there to witness but my grandma and mom said she vomitted only a little (I've learnt not to ask for details since the degree of accuracy and the amount of truth they will offer is frequently compromised-probably to put my mind at ease)
Merlion episode 2:
visited the dad's parents only to realised we ran out of diapers and decided to quickly make a trip to the supermarket near their home. We asked my in-laws to go with us to the supermarket so that #1:my MIL could do her grocery shopping as well, #2: the grandparents could spend as much time as possible with tod since we do not make a habit of visiting weekly, #3: I secretly hoped that they could help with the tod and let me do some shopping in peace. FIL isn't a great fan of the supermarket and decided to stay in and watch tv instead, so we all went out without him. At this point, perhaps it is also helpful to add that tod seems to prefer the grandpa to grandma. So when we all left without her grandpa, she decided to wail, imagining we had chosen to abandon him and left him all alone in the dark house (my in-laws are very 'green' people, they do not usually have the lights on while they are in the living room watching tv). We had to detour and go back to fetch the grandpa - tod was inconsolable. Grandpa hopped into the car and tod immediately stopped crying. I thought it was finally peace, but before we could reach the junction, tod threw up again. This time it was a real big mess and I was drenched in her milk vomit (right down to my knickers).
Merlion episode 3:
I will skip all the car cleaning details and go straight to our final episode. We all reached home, changed into fresh clothes and got ready for bed. Tod was such a sweetie - finished her milk and closed her eyes, and fell asleep without asking to be carried around - or so I thought. 2 seconds after she 'slept', all the milk came out from her mouth. I wouldn't even say she threw up, it seems effortless, like milk just flowed out of her mouth. I sat her up for fear that she choked on her puke, and more milk was thrown up. Drats, my bedsheets had to be changed and the sheets was fresh-my husband had only put it on like 15min before merlion episode 3. Massive cleaning (and no maid tonight). The only consolation was that I had lay some waterproof sheets and an absorbant sheet underneath the fitted sheet - that minimised the mess.
Something to Share:
I took her back to Eu Yang Sen clinic to see the physician for her cough since the last 2 courses of antibiotics did not seem to work at all. These TCM thing does not come cheap. Infact, I was rather surprised at its cost - it had cost almost the same as a visit to the paeds! But my child seems to prefer the bitter taste of TCM compared to the cocktail of colourful syrups prescribed by the GP or paediatrician. Hence I thought going to the chinese physician and eating those god-knows-whats-in-there powder will be easier on her.
Problem is, tod started throwing up after the 1st dose of the tcm prescription (or 3rd white pill- depending on how you see it).
Merlion episode 1:
tod threw up milk after she woke up from her afternoon nap. I was not there to witness but my grandma and mom said she vomitted only a little (I've learnt not to ask for details since the degree of accuracy and the amount of truth they will offer is frequently compromised-probably to put my mind at ease)
Merlion episode 2:
visited the dad's parents only to realised we ran out of diapers and decided to quickly make a trip to the supermarket near their home. We asked my in-laws to go with us to the supermarket so that #1:my MIL could do her grocery shopping as well, #2: the grandparents could spend as much time as possible with tod since we do not make a habit of visiting weekly, #3: I secretly hoped that they could help with the tod and let me do some shopping in peace. FIL isn't a great fan of the supermarket and decided to stay in and watch tv instead, so we all went out without him. At this point, perhaps it is also helpful to add that tod seems to prefer the grandpa to grandma. So when we all left without her grandpa, she decided to wail, imagining we had chosen to abandon him and left him all alone in the dark house (my in-laws are very 'green' people, they do not usually have the lights on while they are in the living room watching tv). We had to detour and go back to fetch the grandpa - tod was inconsolable. Grandpa hopped into the car and tod immediately stopped crying. I thought it was finally peace, but before we could reach the junction, tod threw up again. This time it was a real big mess and I was drenched in her milk vomit (right down to my knickers).
Merlion episode 3:
I will skip all the car cleaning details and go straight to our final episode. We all reached home, changed into fresh clothes and got ready for bed. Tod was such a sweetie - finished her milk and closed her eyes, and fell asleep without asking to be carried around - or so I thought. 2 seconds after she 'slept', all the milk came out from her mouth. I wouldn't even say she threw up, it seems effortless, like milk just flowed out of her mouth. I sat her up for fear that she choked on her puke, and more milk was thrown up. Drats, my bedsheets had to be changed and the sheets was fresh-my husband had only put it on like 15min before merlion episode 3. Massive cleaning (and no maid tonight). The only consolation was that I had lay some waterproof sheets and an absorbant sheet underneath the fitted sheet - that minimised the mess.
Something to Share:
- Lay disposable absorbant sheets underneath mattress - it can be used for toilet training, for accidents such as trapping the urine from an overused diaper, or merlion episodes like mine (I got a pack of 5 for $3+ from ISETAN)
- Lay waterproofs - helpful to minimise the above mentioned disasters. And these are easy to wash too.
- Hydrate your child if s/he throws up. Water is more important at this point in time compared to food or even milk. Monitor your child, if water intake is no good, visit the paeds or even children's hospital to be on the safe side.
- Be patient. Even if you smell like a dumpster, your child will still love you (my tod ran to me and smelled my shirt after I came out from the shower during merlion epidsode 2 - she declared "xiang-xiang", meaning: smells good, and gave me a hug)
Oh no, poor Megan.
ReplyDeleteSean and I have been having the flu and cough too. When his liquid medicine finished and I had to give him a half Piriton pill, I gave it with a spoonful of orange cod liver oil. The orange and sugary taste really masked the bitter pill. Maybe you can try that on Megan.